Tuesday, November 6th, 2012.
Professor and clinical psychologist Jonathan Weiss of York University’s Faculty of Health is the new Chair in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Treatment and Care Research, ...
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012.
York psychology professors Jane Irvine and Debra Pepler of York’s Faculty of Health have recently been named two of the most published women in the ...
Thursday, February 9th, 2012.
All bilingual children – regardless of the languages they speak – show cognitive advantages over their English-only peers, although they may experience weakness in areas ...
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011.
A new study out of York University finds that music-based cognitive training offers dramatic benefits for young children, including improved verbal intelligence.
The study, conducted at ...
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011.
York psychology Professor Jonathan Weiss (MA '02, PhD ’07) has recently been awarded a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) President’s New Researcher Award in recognition of his ...
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.
A York University study finds that trying to cheer yourself up can actually bring you down, depending on your personality.
The study, published this summer, examined ...
Friday, September 16th, 2011.
York Distinguished Research Professor Debra Pepler, considered an international leader in research on child and youth bullying, aggression and victimization, was inducted into the Canadian Academy ...
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011.
It's not all in your head. There really is a connection between your emotional state and your skin, says psychologist Linda Papadopoulos [BA Hons. ’93], ...
Friday, July 8th, 2011.
New research shows that bilingual speakers have a distinct advantage over monolinguals, wrote Psychology Today July 6, in a story about couples therapy and the ...
Friday, June 17th, 2011.
Children who suffer cognitive impairment from multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have less brain matter, according to a study by researchers from York ...